Robert Frost's "Fire and Ice" read by Richard Burton

Still on track

OK I am still on track with some good weight loss.  I find out tomorrow if I have lost anymore weight.  So far I still have a job, and I am still doing good on my diet.  I just got my walk on!  So even though no one is watching me I am doing what I am supposed to be doing!  WORD!  So far I have lost 22 pounds since 3/28/11.  We have begun to cut back my food in so much as I eat more often, but smaller meals.  Instead of 1 foot long I eat 2 6 inches at different times.  The Slim Fit I am at also has a tread mill.  You can really sweat it off on that thing.  Even better than the bike.  Niagra falls baby!  Yeah it's like that.  Well tell next time.

Late with my updates

Sorry I have been late with my posts.  I don't have much time, so here it is in a nut shell;  Work isn't going to great my slow rate my bring my job in to question this week or next week :(, but I am loosing weight!  I currently at last weigh in was 330.  I was 351 on 3/28/11.  21 pounds is not to shabby especially in under 5 weeks!  Not quite 5 pounds a week but close!  We shall see if I can pick that up a bit.  Other than that I have bills to pay so off to work I go (at least until they can me)!  Tell next time.

OOOPS 18.5 pounds not 20!

I have lost 18.5 pounds in 4 weeks not twenty :(.  We shall have to correct that!  I worked out and walked today.  They also did my measurements.  I have lost 1 inch off my chest and hips.  My belt and shorts don't fit as neat as they used to :P.  I need to get my walk and exercise in tomorrow because we missed a workout for the holiday.  Other than that everything is peachy.  Lets hope we can loose 2--4 pounds in 2 days.  I also have to mow the lawn and work tomorrow.  BUSY BUSY BUSY.  I'll get up early and nock all that out.  Tell tomorrow, I'll be running ragged.

Weight loss! wooohhooo

ALRIGHTY THEN...currently I weigh 332...a small gorilla.  I used to weigh on the 19th of April 337.  My week still isn't done yet though.  SO there is time for one more pound or 2 before this coming Sunday.  I'm doing great.  SO that puts my weight loss at 20.5 POUNDS! In roughly 4 Weeks.  NOT TOO SHABBY!  I'm still trying to get this connected to Face book and twitter.  Other than that I am down to one SUB a day.  My sodium is outrageous. Like Lady Gaga, current gas prices, or the fact that they swab your arm with alcohol before they give you a lethal injection for the death penalty outrageous!  But other than that I'm doing OK. OK now to post some poetry and a pic!

"If" by Rudyard Kipling (poetry reading)

Ok I didn't do bad last night

So I ate at BW3s last night.  LOTS OF SODIUM...but low calories.  Had blackened chicken salad with garlic sauce instead of salad dressing (only 60 calories).  In addition I also had 6 chicken tenders, with carribean jerk.  I washed it down with some water.  The thing I messed up on was coleslaw.  I substituted my fries for it.  It has:

Amount Per 1 cup

Calories 269.93 Calories from Fat 217.79 Sodium 515.48mg

The tenders have 43 calories and 570 mg of sodium.  I had 6 of them.  So calorie wise I'm doing great.  Sodium wise they will take me out back and shoot me :(.  I need to get some workout music on my phone then do my walk.  Followed by a six inch subway (I'm going down from foot longs to 1 foot long a day).  Lets hope last nights Sodium splurge won't do me in!

Down to SIX INCH SUBS

I am down to 6 inch subs!  NOT FOOT LONGS...omg....what will I do?!?  OK, so far today I have had only a 6 inch and a slimbar...for breakfast.  I still have to get my walk in today but other than that everything should be cool.  I'm a little scared, but think I can hold it out.  It gets easier if you do a pattern or type of diet for a week or more.  So that is all I need to do.  Just tough it out.  I also have to go workout at an alternative workout place, because SLIM FIT is closed for the holidays. :(  Not to worry they should be open soon.  Other than that my friends have been very supportive of me.  Lets see if I can make it  through the day.  I will post one more time before bed to let everyone know if I succeeded or not.  Tell then!

Nothing exceptional to report

I'm super busy right now, and have to get ready for work.  Still Today my goal is to eat less than I normally eat.  To do this I am eating just 2 foot long subs 1 yogurt and a snack bar today.  I have no cheese on these and don't eat the corners or top bun.  I also use vinegar and oil for the dressing on these sandwiches.  I'm off now to go buy my power bars.  I usually eat an additional meal, but I think these will tide me over.  Wish me luck!
Laters!

Up a pound down a pound

I went up a pound but by the end of the workout I was down a pound :).  I need to get those walks in....

Workout today, and weighing

I'm going to workout today, and Weighing at the same time.  I need to see if I have lost any weight.  If not or less than say 2 pounds, then I will have to lower my food intake to speed up the weight loss process.  we shall see.  I'll post a blog update with my weight after my workout.  Still I did notice that my pants don't fit quite as snug, and my belt isn't working as good as it used to.  Probably a good thing :P

Good work out today

I gained .5 a pound but lost it at the end of the workout today.  So I am .5 lower! woohooo....Now other than that everything seems to be going OK.  I think I'll do my walk before I go to bed tonight.  That's the big hurdle this week.  Getting that precious walk in.  I need to get to it.  I have been unable to get it in, my schedule is usually crazy.  Anyway, I'll be doing it this week for sure!  Hopefully that will speed me up quite a bit (weight loss wise that is).  Other than that everything is going OK.  Tell next time!

Going gaming tonight again, again!

Not much to report today, I ate reasonably well last night.  I go to workout tomorrow.  I mowed the lawn instead of walk today.  Strangely I wasn't winded like I normally am when I mow the lawn (must be all those minutes on the bike at slim and fit).  I also did a bunch of house hold chores that needed to be done.  Aside from that I am still trying to get my web site linked to this blog or vice a verse.  No go so far.  I don't know what I'm doing wrong.  Anyway I weigh in tomorrow again to see if I REALLY lost 16 pounds.  Or if it is just a trick.  Or maybe my socks or shoes were different from when I first weighed in.  Socks and shoes there's 3 pounds right there!  Well I'm off I got to go gaming so tell tomorrow.  Ooooh the pic is of me (I just found out they canceled Legend of the Seeker).

SO far I have lost 16 pounds!

So far the scale says I have lost 16 pounds but I find that hard to believe.  It may be that I cannot see it so I just don't see it.  In any event that puts me back on track for 5 pounds a week.  I also am able to breath better when I ride the bike excercise machine.  My heart rate is 10-15 beats lower as well at the same settings then when I first started.  I average 1 Mile every 4 min. on the machine.  Vast improvement.  Still I sleep better and that has been the best part so far for me.  We are currently working on slowly building up my muscles to help eat away the fat in my body.  My body has alot of fat to eat...I hope my muscles don't get fat..from eating my fat :(.

I ate great last night and did my daily walk!

It is starting to come together!  I went on my daily walk before I went to bed (I think its the energy drink from Monster the Absolute zero one that I took earlier in the night).  I couldn't sleep so I went for a walk around the park at 4:30 A.M..  I go to work out tomorrow, and I'll weigh inn again.  I'll post it then.  I'm hoping for 4-5 pounds this week.  We will see. Other than that, things are going great.

Robert Frost - The Road Not Taken - poem

Yesterday was great!

Yesterday I worked out and lasted the full hour, but also got 1 mile in under 4 min.  On the exercise bike.  In addition I was down 2 pounds.  So if that stays accurate I will have lost the extra pound I gained, and be back on track for my weeks weight loss.  It rained today so obviously I couldn't go for a walk.  I have to get ready for work right now, so today's blog is going to be very short :(.  One last thing I also eat better, I actually had a salad for dinner with vinegar and oil instead of salad dressing.  AND I WAS OK WITH IT!  I know right....me...OK with that....it truly is the end times!  It's strange how when you work out you actually don't want to eat as much.

Back on track

I ate great last night and so far this morning I'm eating better too.  I need to stay away from starches. I go in today at 2 p.m. to get my workouts done.  Then it'll be a good day.  I have to go to work tonight so that isn't too fun but I need the money (and who doesn't).  I'll also weigh myself just to see if I'm still on track or not.  I'll have more to report later on tomorrow.  Tell then!

Still struggling

Today I have no time at all, and I had to work overtime yesterday :(.  I should be catching up soon though.  I was supposed to go for a walk today, but instead I find my time being taken up with laundry, house hold cleaning (like the bathroom) and such.  It's amazing how the day to day things get in the way of change or loosing weight.  Still today so far I have only had 1 foot long roast chicken sub (I left off the cheese today).  I'll have another one for dinner at 11:00.  If I manage to do this I'll finally be back on track.  Tomorrow I need to walk and do the bike for sure.  If I can manage to do all that then get it set up so that its a pattern I do weekly I shall be back in the game.  So game plan for this week and coming weeks; 1) go down to veggie subs no more than 2 a day. 2) walk and  bike 30 min on days I don't work out.  Sound's easy enough.  I also need to get rid of the starch that I am taking in...too bad subway doesn't have wraps....I wonder if someone else does?  OOH well 1 day at a time :).

Going gaming tonight again!

I'm going gaming tonight! can't wait!  I play D&D (yes I'm a geek!) at Gamers, in Greenwood IN.  I'm also doing good on my diet today, I have had only 1 foot long subway sandwich and a yogurt, but that's good for starters.  All I have to do it make it through the rest of the day and I will be fine....I had to fight the urge to buy a chocolate milk today.  I did buy and orange juice (my excuse is that I'm sick).  Still I'm not over on my calories so that should be OK.  Nothing new to report other than that.  Time to slay some Dragons! Arrrrhhh.....(OK, at my level its more like time to slay some Kobolds)!

Still trucking along

I have lost up to date; 10 pounds!  I'm excited about that of course, but I think I need to keep going up in weights.  My theory is that if I can do that, then what my counselor told me about my muscle mass eating my fat will greatly accelerate my weight loss.  Last night the wolf pack got me and I ate a bagel (I call the snack machines the wolf pack).  That was a set back for me, still I did great the rest of the week.  Lets hope that makes up for it.  In other news, I'm a lot less stiff, and in less than 2 hours after the workout today I was able to do my regular walk!  Other than that I need to spruce up my Blog here, its' pretty bland.  I'm going to look into linking it to Facebook and twitter.  See if I can get some suggestions on how to make it more hip.  Tell next time, I'll just keep trucking along......

Tomorrow I find out if I have lost some more weight!

Well I have been working full 10 hour shifts so I haven't had time to weigh myself again or even make a post on my blog!   So I'm making my post now before I go to work.  Basically I am sticking to my diet and workout schedule, I'm just not spacing the meals out enough.   I find myself looking at the dreaded wolf pack more often (I call the snack machines the wolf pack),  and yet I'm able to elude their jaws, as they yip and yap at my back. They bark, they snarl and they say; "Yip, Yip, Snickers...Yap, yap, Honey bun."  I haven't been able to do much else besides work and sleep :(.  This Tuesday is mandatory overtime, we are ordered to volunteer.  Who orders someone to volunteer!  Honestly, sounds authoritarian to me.  I need the money so I'll swallow hard and get on with it.   Well that is about all for this blog.  I'm going to subway to acquire my roast chicken subs, tomorrow I'm going back down to Vegie subs, that should help out by like 2-300 calories more a day.  Tell next time this is the Kevin, signing off.

Yesterday's Post Today!

This post is for yesterday, its just that I get out of work at 4:30 and can't post until after I wake :P .  Yesterday I had to go to work, and didn't bring anything to eat.  I broke down and ate a snickers bar for dinner at 11:00 p.m..  It was a small setback, but I'm still on track calorie wise.  I didn't eat the right thing or at the right times, but I was still below what I needed to be calorie wise.  Tonight I'm hoping to take some sort of food with me, so as to avoid the omnipresent danger of the ever temptuous SNACK MACHINE <sinister intro music here>.  These Devils are everywhere, lined up against the walls in packs, like ravenous wolves moving in for the kill.....lets see if i can outrun them tonight.

I lost 6 pounds!

Its the end of the first week and I have lost 6 pounds!
I'm hoping to repeat the same for next week.  I weighed out in the same outfit so I know it's accurate!  I'm excited as I can be.  I started at 351 now I'm at 345.  The program is 12 weeks long, so if I continue to loose 6 pounds every week, then thats 6 times 12=72 pounds.  So, 351-72=279.  I need to be at 200 pounds to get into the army, so that means it will take me roughly 24 weeks....lets see if that is doable!  Other than that I'm walking more and drinking more water.  Tomorrow is work, so I start my grueling schedule.  I need to make rate that week and then make it to Saturday.  I'm keeping a fairly accurate food log, I just need to keep track of the times that I eat. Other than that I'm right on schedule.  Until next time.

Going gaming tonight

I'm going gaming tonight...this marks the first full week of exercise and dieting, so I'm celebrating! Tonight I'm going to hang out with my friends at gamers and get my game on!  I ate good so far today, but other than that nothing spacial to report.  Edgar Allan Poe's poetry has taken my interest of late.  It's creepy but good stuff.  I tried to keep a link to it on this blogger, but I'm not sure it worked.  Any who, I'm not stiff the day after a workout anymore.  I think this week we will step up the physical routine.  I'm eager to see how much weight I can loose or have already lost even if it is just a 2 pounds or so.  Other than that I'm doing great.  I'll check back in tomorrow.  I need to go get my walk in right now.

"A Dream Within A Dream" by Edgar Allan Poe (poetry reading)

What's My status!

My status is pretty good!  I am sticking with my diet...in fact I've become a regular at subway (all those veggie and roast chicken subs I eat have made me a staple at the subway on Allisonville in Fishers IN.  In fact if I die suddenly or stop going for some reason, they'll probably have to start laying people off.)  I had a great week at work, I made rate (I work at Amazon through Integrity).  Finally my fourth workout at Slim and Fit went off with out a hitch.  We did legs and Free Weights, mostly.  My thighs didn't seize up like the first 2 workouts, so I was able to go for a 1.5 mile walk 1 hour after our work out.  Things are definitely looking up!  Usually after the workout I can hardly move, but not today!  I'm not saying I am loose like Gumby, but I am definitely able to move  my limbs freely.  I'm hoping that by the end of next week to check my weight status, as I didn't check this Sunday.....hmmm....I think I'll check on Tuesday.  Lots of things going on right now, today and tomorrow will be especially busy.  I'll have to squeeze my walk in to my schedule some how.
I'm going to write in the blog everyday that I can from now on.  I'm also hoping to add more features to this blog, and have it post on facebook as well.
This is Kevin, signing off.....tell tomorrow.

Third workout session was yesterday....

Yesterday I made the entire 1 HOUR!  The first time I only made it 20 min, then the second time was 40 min.  I'm still not quite up to speed, but I'm getting there. I was so sore those first couple of days, I couldn't bend over to tie my shoes!  I had to take a knee just to get my sneakers on...since then I'm significantly less stiff.  A good nights rest helped a lot.
My diet is going fairly well, I eat the right things just not at the right time.  It's something I'm going to have to work on.  I had a great day at work last night too, I made rate plus 100!  (thats the best I have ever done for working at Amazon!)  I started this diet/workout at 351 I'm hoping when I weigh myself next week to have lost 2 pounds (we are just getting started).  I'm going to have to buy some more workout cloths, this week but other than that, everything is going great.
Well thats my current update I'll have another one on Sunday as well as a weigh in then.  Wish me luck!